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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2018
Vehicle-trailer backing system having targetless hitch angle detection and trailer geometry learning
Applicant:
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Inventor:
Brandon Herzog, Waterford, MI (US);
Assignee:
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 13/06 (2006.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); B60D 1/06 (2006.01); B60D 1/24 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 13/06 (2013.01); B60D 1/06 (2013.01); B60D 1/245 (2013.01); B60R 11/04 (2013.01); B60W 30/18036 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); B60W 2300/14 (2013.01); B60W 2420/42 (2013.01); B60W 2520/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
A backing system for a trailer and vehicle and associated method includes recording an image of a hitch for the vehicle and trailer assembly with a camera. A plurality of distances related to geometry of the vehicle and the trailer and a plurality of reference points are learned based on the camera inputs. A plurality of reference distances related to the plurality of reference points are then determined. A current hitch angle may then be determined using the plurality of reference distances and the geometry distances.